Note: In a previous post, Unconditional Love is Bad!, I provoked some strong responses from readers. The main beef that they had was with my notion that parents withdraw their love from their children ...

Parents who truly love their children unconditionally tell them they are proud of them and love them every day.

It's interesting to see the term "conditional love" reenter the zeitgeist, as Ashley wrote about yesterday. Conditional love, everyone can well remember, is being hot and cold with a child – accepting ...